“Mahathir will end it by destroying the son of Razak” – Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1979
The late Tunku Abdul Rahman predicted that Mahathir would live up to the age of 86 and retain his premiership until the year 2001.
He added that the son of Master Iskandar would plant the seeds of destruction in UMNO to ensure that the party would not survive beyond his lifespan.
According to the Tunku, Mahathir did not believe that the culture of aristocracy could be eradicated from UMNO and confided in his friends that the party needed to die with him.
“He will end it (UMNO) by destroying the son of Razak. He knows (that), like his father, he (the son of Razak) will work with China and antagonise the west. Mahathir will (then) work with the west to destroy the son of Razak”
THE THIRD FORCE
There is a general misconception among the people that it was Dr Mahathir Mohamad who first put Malaysia on the world map. Far from it, the man who projected our country across Malaysian shores was none other than the late Tun Abdul Razak, father of former premier Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak. Razak was the first ASEAN leader with the guts to normalise relations between Malaysia and China.
Back then, Southeast Asian countries were sceptical of China’s emergence as a regional trade powerhouse and took a guarded approach when dealing with the republic. But Razak saw things differently. He had the foresight and wisdom to see that China would one day emerge a world economic superpower and a trade partner we couldn’t do without. He knew that the republic would sooner or later turn Malaysia into its energy gateway given that our country was nested within waterways pivotal to its trade proliferation.
